2B tokens of local Qwen3.8 as Claude Code's worker: 72% less spend on claude tokens, what a 27B NVFP4 carries, and the tool that makes it all seamless
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On a real job with hidden checks, letting the expensive model plan and review while a local Qwen typed, cost 72% less and used 85% fewer expensive-model tokens. Day to day, every expensive token the head spends buys 20 to 50 tokens of cheap local work, and the tighter that ratio, the more efficient…
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